BIRDS OF THE PACIFIC DISTRICT. 157 



Ridgway. In the interior in all the wooded districts, 

 nowhere more abundant than in the Ruby Mountains in 

 July and August. 



Cooper, 1870. I found them wintering in the Colo- 

 rado Valley in large numbers but not near San Diego. 



174. Spizella breweri Cass. Brewer's Sparrow. 



Only five or six seen at San Diego, spring of 1884, 

 when first collected by Col. N. S. Goss. March 8, 1884, 

 apparently rare near the Pacific Coast in California. 

 Found in summer only. — L. B. 



Agua Caliente, Col(frado Desert, San Diego County. 

 F. Stephens.— March 25-28, 1884, abundant. Several 

 seen April 10, 14 and 15, 1885. 



Fort Tejon. Henshaw, 1876. — August, rather nu- 

 merous. 



Sacramento. Ridgway. — .June 6, July 4, 1867, quite 

 common in the bushy fields. 



Newberry. Common in the Sacramento Valley. 



Henshaw, 1879. East slope; a characteristic inhabi- 

 tant of the sage brush. 



Camp Harney. Bendire. — Common summer resident ; 

 breeds abundantly amongst the sage brush covered plains. 



Hoffman. Quite common in the northern and mid- 

 dle areas, more particularly in the vicinity of settlements. 



Ridgway. Throughout the entire extent of the Great 

 Basin; everywhere one of the commonest birds of the 

 open wastes. It arrived at Carson April 9, 1868. 



Cooper, 1870. At Fort Mojave I found small flocks, 

 after March 20. 



L. B. — Very common in Sierra Valley June, 1885, and 

 a few were found July 1 on Castle Peak, Nevada County, 

 up to 8,000 feet, found there in sage brush as is usual in 

 the breeding season. But few were seen at Summit dur- 

 ing the fall migration of 1885, though abundant August 



